Teenage misconduct resulted in a surprise visit by a pack of elders to my house. I was never baptized, but these elders had the gall to tell me "you're this close to having your name announced from the platform" (said with thumb and forefinger placed in a position that violated my personal space). I was told they wouldn't "announce" my name (i.e, slander me) if I terminated my associations with my best friend, who was also a non-baptized teenager with JW parents. I hated the Watchtower so much at the time that the threat was absolutely meaningless to me. I told them to "go ahead and announce my name, as I could care less if I ever talk to any Jehovah's Witnesses again, and my friendship with X is more important to me than Jehovah." Neither of us were formally "disassociated," and, I've had rather pleasant encounters (accompanied by unwelcome efforts to "witness" to me) with witnesses I've come across (who knew me back then) since.
Decades later, that best friend remains my best friend, and neither of us have attended meetings since the time of that elder visit. Unlike the JWs, whose friendship is conditional upon compliance with the edicts of a group of related book publishing corporations, that friendship is a real friendship that is of extremely high value to me, and one I'll take with me to my grave. Looking back, it's laughable to me that the elders thought I would actually care about their threats.
Chuckky, as painful as it is, you must come to terms with the reality that these individuals were never really your friends; rather, they were conditional or "fair weather" friends. I'd rather have no friends at all than to associate with spineless individuals who allow corporations to dictate who their friends are and how they should act. As another poster put it, these folks are like robots.
You should look into getting involved in your community, as the "worldly" associations and friendships you'll eventually develop will be far superior to the conditional friendship extended to you by the Jehovah's Witnesses. I wish you the best of luck!